If Clotilde takes up her post early morning, it's because she saves herself the trip to her place of work – her truck – since she also spends the night there: "It's my house, I spend my life in it, what!
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A way of life that she adopted after her father, who is also a truck driver, passed on her passion for trucks: “As a child, I always went in a truck with him during my school holidays.
That's where I really fell in love with the job.
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Still sexist reflections, even if mentalities are changing"
Of course, this kind of activity has its drawbacks.
“Having a family life is quite complicated because we are only there on weekends, recognizes the young woman.
And the fact of being a road woman is not always obvious, there are still a lot of sexist reflections… But mentalities are changing.
I try to show that you can be feminine and on the road at the same time.
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In any case, Clotilde – whom you may have seen in the show
Les reines de la route
season 2
, broadcast by M6 in January 2022 – thrives in the profession she has chosen: “I really like the being alone [in my cabin] and being able to do whatever I want.
If I want to scream in the truck, to take myself for Beyoncé, I do it, ”she smiles.
Accompany her during a day at work in this video from our partner Brut.
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